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The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 through Nov. 30. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, it's essential for residents to know if they live in an evacuation zone, ...
Buchanan said the A zone "is an approximate" flood zone. "It’s an area that hasn’t been studied as in depth," Buchanan said. On newer maps, the AE zone replaced zones A1 – A30.
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Revisions to FEMA's flood maps will remove 300 homes in Quincy from the flood zone. The change could save residents a combined $300,000 annually in flood insurance costs.
There are several different types of flood zones, with the most common being zones A and V. Zone A is defined as being in a low-lying area and close to a body of water, like a lake.
Construction costs in Midtown likely will jump now that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has updated its flood zone maps, raising the required ground elevations for future construction. The ...
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - FEMA has changed the flood zone maps in Bay County for the first time since 2009. This went into effect this October, according to Bay County officials.
BAY COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – Some residents are concerned after getting hit with an unexpected bill from FEMA. FEMA’s revised flood zone maps now have them in a flood zone, when they weren’t ...
These areas are between the limits of the base flood and the 0.2 percent annual chance (or 500-year) flood. Many "AE" zones around the city also expanded between the 2009 FIRM and the recent update.
A screenshot of Panama City's updated flood zone map as of Oct. 25, 2024. The new flood zone map pushes flooding threats further inland from the coast compared to the 2009 Flood Insurance Rate Map.
Many "AE" zones around the city also expanded between the 2009 FIRM and the recent update. FEMA says "AE" zones indicate indicate an area would be inundated by a flood event with a 1-percent ...
Voluntary/information Clay County: No mandatory evacuation orders at this time, but those living in low-lying areas, flood prone areas, and along Black Creek or the St. Johns River, are strongly ...